Kai Kupferschmidt
science journalist. author. molecular biologist. curious.
interested in #microbes, #misinformation and all things #blue
contributing correspondent at @science.org
co-host of @pandemia.bsky.social
2024 KSJ fellow at MIT
Signal: kakape.93
- And the most predictable one …
- “The lived experience of a scientist right now is terrifying” My colleague Warren Cornwall spoke to @gregggonsalves.bsky.social, @rebekahtromble.bsky.social, @katestarbird.bsky.social and others about “the fear and self-censorship coursing through the nation’s scientific establishment today”. 🧪
- „Americans are living under a new regime. The question now is whether we will allow it to take root. So far, American society’s response to this authoritarian offensive has been underwhelming — alarmingly so.“ Written by political scientists who study how democracies come to an end
- So NIH is indeed planning to pause any research that falls under the government‘s definition of „gain of function“: „Until this new policy is in place, research meeting the definition of dangerous gain-of-function research is to be paused“ #IDsky 🧪 grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
- So yes…. a pause. „A new policy, to be delivered within 120 days, will replace the proposed DURC/PEPP Policy set to take effect May 6, 2025. Until this new policy is in place, research meeting the definition of dangerous gain-of-function research is to be paused“ 🧪 #IDsky
- Trump‘s EO on gain-of-function work underscores how differently this administration treats the risk of a dangerous virus in a lab vs. say on a dairy farm. “In this administration’s outlook, diseases come from labs, not nature, so they aren’t doing anything about it“, says @ggronvall.bsky.social 🧪
